James Heappey

James Heappey (30 January 1981-) was the Conservative Party MP for Wells from 8 May 2015, succeeding Tessa Munt.

Biography
James Heappey was born in Nailsea, Somerset, England in 1981, and he served in the British Army during the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War. In 2011, he was posted to the Ministry of Defense in London, and he worked as a researcher for Conservative Party MP Liam Fox before himself being elected the Conservative MP for Wells in 2015. While he was initially opposed to leaving the European Union, he came to support Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans.